BACKGROUND
The prevalence of tuberculosis in adult men in India is 2-4 times higher than in women. Tobacco smoking is prevalent almost exclusively among men, so it is possible that tobacco smoking… (More)

BACKGROUND
In Tiruvallur District, South India, tuberculosis cases are detected at health facilities (HF) as part of a DOTS programme, and by screening adults through community survey (CS) as part of… (More)

SETTING
Tiruvallur District in Tamilnadu, South India, where the World Health Organization-recommended DOTS strategy was implemented as a tuberculosis (TB) control measure in 1999.
OBJECTIVE
To… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To assess the tuberculosis (TB) situation in the tribal community of Car Nicobar island 15 years after the national TB programme was implemented in this area after an intensive phase of TB… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To determine the baseline prevalence of culture-positive and smear-positive tuberculosis and the annual risk of tuberculous infection (ARTI) in a community in south India where DOTS is… (More)

SETTING
Tiruvallur district In Tamil Nadu where DOTS was implemented by the State Government as the tuberculosis control measure in 1999, and monitored by the National Institute for Research in… (More)

BACKGROUND
General mortality rate (GMR) is an essential indicator for assessing the health status of a community. Tuberculosis (TB) mortality is an indicator for the Millennium Development Goal for… (More)

The assessment of the thickness of the superficial peripheral nerve trunks to document nerve involvement is an important aspect of clinical examination in case finding for leprosy, and is usually… (More)